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Binge Drinking is a problem among High School Students
- Binge drinking among eighth and tenth graders continued to decline slowly in recent years, from 15 percent of eighth graders in 1999 to 11 percent in 2005 and from 26 percent among tenth graders in 2000 to 21 percent in 2005.
- Among students in the twelfth grade, the percentage engaging in binge drinking declined from 32 percent in 1998 to 28 percent in 2003, and remained at 28 percent in 2005.
- By twelfth grade males are much more likely than females to binge drink (34 percent versus 24 percent, in 2004, the latest year for which such estimates are available).
- The difference is much smaller in tenth grade (24 percent versus 20 percent, respectively, in 2004). However, in eighth grade in 2004, girls were slightly more likely than boys to report binge drinking (12 percent versus 11 percent, respectively).
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Date: 12/16/2006
Zogby poll reveals what Americans think about Abortion
- In a poll by Zogby International, a respected polling firm, a total of 56 percent agreed with one of the following pro-life views:
- abortion should never be legal (18percent)
- legal only when the life of the mother is in danger (15 percent)
- legal only when the life of the mother is in danger or in cases of rape or incest (23 percent)
- Only 42 percent of those surveyed agreed with one of the following statements supporting abortion:
- abortion should be legal for any reason in the first 3 months (25 percent)
- legal for any reason during the first 6 months (4 percent)
- legal for any reason at any time during the woman's pregnancy (13 percent).
- 77% favor laws requiring that women who are 20 weeks or more along in their pregnancy be given information about fetal pain before having an abortion.
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Date: 12/8/2006
Research shows that Education Pays
- Among men, median earnings of four-year college graduates were 19 percent higher than median earnings of high school graduates in 1975.
- The gap grew to 37 percent in 1985, 56 percent in 1995, and 63 percent in 2005.
- Among women, median earnings of four-year college graduates were 37 percent higher than median earnings of high school graduates in 1975.
- The gap grew to 47 percent in 1985, and 71 percent in 1995. It was 70 percent in 2005.
- The difference in earnings between those with some college education but no bachelor’s degree and those who have completed a four-year degree has increased over time and is now about 37 percent for men and 41 percent for women.
- Almost half of parents with a bachelor’s degree speak with their tenthgraders often about current events, but less than a third of high school graduates do so.
- Among those with incomes between $100,001 and $200,000, the savings rates were 54 percent for high school graduates, 73 percent for associate degree holders, and 85 percent for four-year college graduates.
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Date: 12/1/2006
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